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Dominic Raab resignation: What bullying allegations did he face?

Mr Raab faced multiple formal complaints of bullying in his dealings with civil servants across different departments

Evening Standard

Dominic Raab: how the Guardian revealed bullying allegations

How the story has unfolded since Ministry of Justice sources first spoke out about his behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Senior MoJ officials ‘could quit if Dominic Raab cleared of bullying’

Sources say expectation is that Rishi Sunak will have to sanction Raab once report arrives on Thursday

The Guardian - UK

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Raab bullying claims: inquiry has interviewed three top mandarins

Exclusive: Officials who worked with deputy PM when he was at FCO, MoJ and Brexit department have provided testimony

The Guardian - UK

Jacob Rees-Mogg criticised for warning against being ‘too snowflakey’ over Dominic Raab bullying claims

Rishi Sunak was urged to distance himself from the remarks said to be ‘trivialising bullying’

Evening Standard

Rees-Mogg warns against being ‘too snowflakey’ over Raab bullying claims

Rishi Sunak was urged to distance himself from the remarks said to be ‘trivialising bullying’.

The Independent UK

Tory MPs call for Dominic Raab to resign as top civil servant gives evidence

‘Why prolong the pain?’ says one ex-cabinet minister

The Independent UK

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Sacked GCHQ employee launches legal claim under whistleblowing defence

Exclusive: Solicitors launch case on behalf of civil servant dismissed after calling for resignation of cabinet secretary

The Guardian - UK

Iran not safe for dual nationals, warns UK’s former top diplomat

Lord Simon McDonald’s comments follow Alireza Akbari’s execution on Saturday morning

Evening Standard

Dominic Raab behaviour ‘forced apology to staff from top Whitehall official’

Ministry of Justice’s permanent secretary said to have called Home Office officials about minister

The Independent UK

Raab ‘confident’ he behaved ‘professionally’ as he faces questions over conduct

The deputy prime minister faces an investigation into two formal complaints against him.

The Independent UK

Sunak urges officials with concerns about Raab to come forward

PM says he is not aware of any formal complaints about deputy but refuses to say if he has been told of informal bullying claims

The Guardian - UK

'Abrasive' Dominic Raab's staff were 'scared' to enter his office, top official declares

In an explosive intervention, Lord Simon McDonald - who led the Foreign Office when Dominic Raab was Foreign Secretary - said the Deputy PM was "abrasive and controlling" with his staff and 'people felt demeaned'

Daily Mirror

Dominic Raab’s staff were ‘scared to go into his office’, ex-Foreign Office chief reveals OLD

‘I think people felt demeaned. And I tried to have that conversation with him’

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The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab was warned about his behaviour by top Foreign Office official

Exclusive: fresh claims that Simon McDonald relayed staff complaints to Raab when he was foreign secretary

Daily Mirror

Dominic Raab bullying claims are 'plausible' warns top official - 'he's a tough boss'

Sir Simon McDonald, the former head of the Foreign Office and Diplomatic Service, said Dominic Raab was a “tough boss” and “one of the most driven people I ever worked for” - then admitted: “Maybe they are euphemisms”

The Independent UK

‘Plausible’ for Raab to be characterised as someone who could bully, former top civil servant warns

Simon McDonald, who worked closely Mr Raab at the Foreign Office, described him as ‘a tough boss’

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson worst PM in my 40 years, says ex-Foreign Office chief

Johnson was ‘chaotic’, says former top civil servant who served under seven prime ministers

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Ex-Foreign Office chief says Boris Johnson was the 'worst' PM he worked under

Sir Simon McDonald whose explosive intervention helped bring down the former Prime Minister in the summer said Boris Johnson was 'charismatic' but 'chaotic'

The Guardian - UK

Saif Gaddafi: London life of former playboy who could lead Libya revealed

A cache of emails and documents sheds light on the would-be ruler’s activities at a time when he was entering public life

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: How long can the PM hang on?

In today’s newsletter: How two resignations left Boris Johnson on the brink – and what happens next

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson's allies 'know it's over' with Tories plotting new bid to oust him as PM

Senior Tories have said Boris Johnson is fatally damaged after admitting it was a "mistake" to appoint Chris Pincher as deputy chief whip

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the cabinet resignations: endgame for Boris Johnson

Editorial: The departure of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid should herald the end of a discredited premiership

WEKU

2 key U.K. senior ministers quit Boris Johnson's government

The two ministers resigned after a day in which the prime minister acknowledged he had changed his story on how he handled sexual misconduct allegations against a government official.

Tribune News Service

Boris Johnson knew of complaint against Pincher in 2019

Boris Johnson was told of a complaint against Conservative MP Chris Pincher two years before promoting him, a minister said, in a major concession from the government after days of speculation about what the U.K. prime minister knew and when.

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